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Welcome to another installation of Fish Friday! For the past six weeks, we’ve stayed true to our name and featured nothing but fish. But this week, we couldn’t resist sharing this super adorable, crazy territorial, and insanely weird Gulf of Maine marine mammal visitor – the hooded seal (Cystophora cristata).

Millions of years ago, the Earth’s plates were very, very slowly pushing the Great Meteor hot spot on a southeastern path from the Hudson Bay towards the Atlantic Ocean. Along the way, hot plumes of magma welled up under the Earth’s crust, forming chains of volcanoes marking the hot spot’s track. About 100 to 83 million years ago, the New England Seamount Chain was formed in the Atlantic Ocean. Bear Seamount was the first underwater volcano to arise in the chain.

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Meet Brian Skerry

Massachusetts native Brian Skerry has explored the world’s ocean depths as an award-winning photographer for National Geographic Magazine. Now he’s come back home, partnering with CLF to reveal and protect the stunning diversity and beauty of New England’s ocean waters.